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The Rice Creamery, a leading dessert destination in the UAE, will be offering two lactose-free flavours – Bananalicious and EasyCheesy! for free to anyone who visits its Dubai or Abu Dhabi outlet on June 3.
Rice Creamery has

US fruit firm Chiquita Brands and Irish rival Fyffes, Europe's largest distributor, have struck an all-stock merger deal to create the world's biggest banana supplier.
The global banana market is controlled by four multina

Marhaba Fruits, a premier fresh produce supplier in the UAE and Mena region, is making preparations to import bananas from Equador, one of the best performing economies in Latin America, to the Middle East.

NEH of Bahrain and the AMA Group of Companies have finalised a $300 million banana export project in the Philippines with the formation of joint venture RP Harvest.
'They are trying to finalise the design and construction of the facili

In an attempt to promote banana as a cash crop, banana and plantain growers, scientists, entrepreneurs and policy makers from around the world will gather here next month for a conference to form guidelines in this direction.
Organisers sa

African and Caribbean countries came under pressure on Sunday to reach a deal on bananas and remove a major obstacle to efforts to rescue global trade talks.
The chances of a deal on the core areas of farm and industrial goods in make-or-b

The European Commission has blasted the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) backing for a US complaint against Europe's banana import regime as 'regrettable' and 'irrevelant.'
'It is regrettable that the WTO DSU (dispute settlement understan

The European Commission has blasted the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) backing for a US complaint against Europe's banana import regime as 'regrettable' and 'irrevelant.'
'It is regrettable that the WTO DSU (dispute settlement understan

New varieties of tropical fruit may soon flood the US mainland, if the work by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico proves successful.
The ARS team is mainly focusing on bananas and plantains (in